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rig. 28. 
can swing the boom (while the fork is being raised by the horse) round the 
; and over the stack. The fork is emptied by 
ring, through which the rope passes, striking 
. linst a tappet at the end of the boom, when 
scissors are of course opened. This form of 
\< we think better fitted for straw or cavings 
in for hay. The jar which occurs when the 
is suddenly stopped by the ring striking 
tappet, would probably be very severe and 
•ictionable when raising a large and heavy pitch 
■ ay. 
No.] 14. j?. Forath. The general arrangement of 
, ropes, and shifting crane is similar to that 
;jted by the preceding exhibitor; but the fork, 
•(.ad of being made double, is simply an ordinary 
hfork of gigantic dimensions, suspended from 
elevating rope by a link passing through the 
- ; of the wooden handle ; a giiide rope is at- 
aed to the top of the handle and held by the 
:! on the cart, who by means of it contrives to 
.1 the loaded fork in a horizontal position and 
the same time gives it the necesssary swing to direct the fork over the 
ck while the horse is drawing it up, and on slackening the guide rope the 
die flies up and the load is thrown down. This fork did its work fairly, 
: it is a great objection to its use that the men on the stack will be con- 
stantly exposed to danger with a heavy implement with sharp tines, 3 feet in 
length, swinging close to tliem and not under the perfect control of the operator. 
The awards in tlie Class were as follows : — 
ll 4946. Clayton and Shuttleworth . . 1st Prize, 10?. 
'f 5048. Stephen Lewin 2nd Prize, 51. 
4995. Tasker and Sons , . . . Highly Commended. 
64. Reeves and Sons . . . . Highly Commended. 
The Judges report that the machines, as a class, did their 
work very well. Although other considerations prevented their 
awarding the prizes to the cheapest machines, they think it 
desirable that, in the face of an increasing demand, the prices 
of such implements should be brought, as far as possible, within 
the means of all. A short time since, stacking by horse-power 
was only tried by those who could afford to make experiments in 
agriculture for the public good ; elevators have now been long 
enough in use to justify their purchase by many who adopt the 
advice (in matters of business generally safe) — 
" Be not the first by whom the new is tried, 
Xor yet the last to lay the old aside." 
In comparing the horse pitchforks with the machine elevators 
we may note it as an important point in favour of the latter that 
they do not require any erection of poles or ropes, an operation 
that is very inconvenient when it has to be repeated for each 
rick during harvest. At the same time it is only on large hold- 
